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In the end, what your own troops do is more important than who they are marching against.

Don Meyer

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Don Meyer
Age: 69 †
Born: 1944
Born: December 16
Died: 2014
Died: May 18
Basketball Coach
Wayne
Nebraska
Donald Wayne Meyer
Basketball
Ends
Important
Marching
Nba
Troops

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